On Becoming Babywise: Giving Your Infant the Gift of Nighttime Sleep

For over 20 years,
On Becoming Babywise has been the de facto newborn parenting manual for naturally synchronizing your baby's feeding time, wake time, and nighttime sleep cycles, so the whole family can sleep through the night. In his 26th year as a licensed pediatrician, Dr. Robert Bucknam, MD, along with coauthor Gary Ezzo, demonstrates how order and stability are mutual allies of every newborn's metabolism and how parents can take advantage of these biological propensities.

The 5 Love Languages of Children: The Secret to Loving Children Effectively

Every child has a unique way of feeling loved. When you discover your child's love language - and how to speak it - you can build a solid foundation for your child to trust you and flourish as he or she grows. In this audiobook for parents, teachers, single parents, and more, Drs. Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell offer practical advice for how to discover and speak your child's love language - in dozens of ways!

Loving Our Kids on Purpose: Making a Heart-to-Heart Connection

Loving Our Kids on Purpose combines the principles of the Kingdom of God and revival to form a powerful strategy for parents. Rather than the traditional approaches that train children to learn to accept being controlled by well-meaning parents and adults, this book teaches parents how to train children to manage their freedoms and protect their important heart-to-heart relationships. Children were designed with the core need of freedom. To deny this or live ignorant of it eventually destroys the trust connection between parent and child.

The Lifegiving Home: Creating a Place of Belonging and Becoming

Does your home sometimes feel like just a place to eat, sleep, and change clothes on the way to the next activity? Do you long for "home" to mean more than a place where you stash your stuff? Wouldn't you love it to become a haven of warmth, rest, and joy...the one place where you and your family can't wait to be? There is good news waiting for you in
The Lifegiving Home. Every day of your family's life can be as special and important to you as it already is to God.

The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?

Translated into over 50 languages,
The Purpose Driven Life is far more than just a book; it is a guide to a spiritual journey that has transformed millions of lives. Once you take this journey, you’ll never be the same again.

Parenting: The 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family

In the midst of folding laundry, coordinating carpool schedules, and breaking up fights, many parents get lost. Feeling pressure to do everything "right" and raise up "good" children, it's easy to lose sight of our ultimate purpose as parents in the quest for practical tips and guaranteed formulas.

Present over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living

In a culture that values speed, efficiency, image, and busyness, some of us are aching for another way to live: more intentional, more connected. Simpler, slower, richer. Many of us have believed the myth that achievement and success bring us contentment, only to find it's actually things like connection and meaning, not success and achievement, that provide true peace and genuine happiness.
Present over Perfect is best-selling author Shauna Niequist's motto for how to live a rich, engaged, and loving life in the midst of what often feels terribly messy and imperfect.

Dirty Glory: Go Where Your Best Prayers Take You

You were created to walk and talk with the living God. Prayer is the most natural, powerful, and universal expression of Christian faith. Why then is it sometimes so difficult? Continuing the adventures described in his best-selling memoir,
Red Moon Rising, Pete Greig reveals the struggles, miracles, and hard-won insights gleaned from 15 years of 24-7 prayer, mission, and justice.

Walking with God Through Pain and Suffering

Acclaimed writer and pastor Timothy Keller grapples with the age-old question: how do we deal with pain and suffering, both in our own lives and in the world around us? The problem of pain is a perennial one, and for those who undergo particular sufferings it can often be the largest obstacle for trusting in a good and loving God. If such a God exists, why is there so much suffering in the world? And how do we deal with it when it comes into our lives?

The Prodigal God

Timothy Keller focuses on Jesus' best-known parable - the prodigal son - as a paradigm for the central messages of Christianity: grace, hope and salvation. In The Prodigal God, New York pastor Timothy Keller uses the story of the prodigal son to shine a light on the beautiful central message of Jesus: the gospel of grace, hope and salvation. Keller argues that the parable of the prodigal son, while Jesus' best-known parable, is also his least understood.

None Like Him: 10 Ways God Is Different from Us (and Why That's a Good Thing)

Human beings were created to reflect the image of God - but only to a limited extent. Although we share important attributes with God (love, mercy, compassion, etc.), there are other qualities that only God possesses, such as unlimited power, knowledge, and authority. At the root of all sin is our rebellious desire to be like God in such ways - a desire that first manifested itself in the Garden of Eden. In
None Like Him, Jen Wilkin leads us on a journey to discover 10 ways God is different from us - and why that's a good thing.

You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit

In this book, award-winning author James K. A. Smith shows that who and what we worship fundamentally shape our hearts. And while we desire to shape culture, we are not often aware of how culture shapes us. We might not realize the ways our hearts are being taught to love rival gods instead of the One for whom we were made. Smith helps listeners recognize the formative power of culture and the transformative possibilities of Christian practices.

The Broken Way: A Daring Path into the Abundant Life

New York Times best-selling author of One Thousand Gifts Ann Voskamp sits at the edge of her life and all of her own unspoken brokenness and asks: What if you really want to live abundantly before it's too late? What do you do if you really want to know abundant wholeness? This is the one begging question that’s behind every single aspect of our lives—and one that The Broken Way rises up to explore in the most unexpected ways.

Rooted: The Hidden Places Where God Develops You

In
Rooted, Banning Liebscher takes us to the life of David to show how God expands our root system in the hidden places to leave an impact on the visible world. It was in a field of prayerful devotion, a season of serving, and a cave of community that God prepared David for his crown - the same way God prepares us. Take a look at your own life. Are you embracing God's process, the sometimes painstaking and maddening process?

Jesus Calling Updated and Expanded: Enjoying Peace in His Presence

The best-selling 365-day devotional
Jesus Calling is written as if Jesus himself is speaking directly to you - words of encouragement, comfort, and reassurance of his unending love. These writings are based on Jesus' own words of hope, guidance, and peace within Scripture - penned by one who loves him and reveres his word. These much-loved devotions will help you look forward to your time with the lord and experience a deeper relationship with Jesus as you savor the presence of the one who understands you perfectly and loves you forever.

Translating God: Hearing God's Voice for Yourself and the World Around You

Translating God serves as an inspirational guide book that puts God's great love back into prophetic ministry as a primary goal full of real life stories that articulate the culture of love behind God's heart for the prophetic. So much of the prophetic ministry is esoteric, but this book brings balance without taking away the desire to see the powerful nature of God displayed. On top of that, it's biblically based and is supported by scripture throughout each story.

Publisher's Summary

Parents in our post-modern world tend to be committed to but anxious about their child-rearing responsibilities. They have tried countless parenting books on the market telling moms and dads what to do and how to do it. Many of these are rigid, fear-based books that leave a large number of parents feeling directionless. Now, there is a grace-based solution from Dr. Tim Kimmel, founder of Family Matters ministries.

Grace-Based Parenting is a refreshing new book divided into two parts: the needs we are trying to meet in our children and the delivery system for how we meet them. Kimmel recommends creating a grace-based home environment that allows children to meet their full potential, to parent children in the same way God parents us. He presents a child's true needs -according to Scripture - and provides parents a realistic, do-able way to meet them.

The result: spiritually strong children who grow up with a sense of calm and a heart full of purpose and confidence.

Please Note: Chapter two from the original print version has been intentionally omitted from this abridged audio version.

I'm a first time mom of a 2 year old. Both my husband and I come from non-Christian homes and wanted to learn more about Christian parenting. Learned a lot of wonderful things about loving like God loves. Plan on reading and re-reading this book over and over for the next 16 years!! Thanks so much! God bless!

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Jonah

01/10/16

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"Solid author with a good foundation for teaching."

Our Christian Therapist also loves this author and recommends content from them. We've read many books about parenting and coparenting. This is a good book and teaching to have available.

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Kristina

Columbia, MO USA

06/07/16

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"A framework for parenting the way God treats us"

I recommend this book to all parents! The grace-based approach really applies to all relationships not just parenting. Rather than focus on a set of techniques designed to modify behavior, Kimmel presents

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Christy H.

San Diego, CA

20/07/15

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"Sensible Advice"

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes. It gives specific examples of what to say to your children in different instances and how to handle difficult issues.

What did you like best about this story?

I liked that the author continued to stress the importance of focusing on our own family.

What about Tim Kimmel’s performance did you like?

He has a nice voice and was believable. I felt like I was listening to a counselor.

What insight do you think you’ll apply from Grace-Based Parenting?

I liked the beef sessions without excuses. I think kiddos as they get old would really like that and too, I think it models brilliantly how to listen.

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Kat Negrete

Concord, CA

03/04/15

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"Life changing"

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

A must read for every parent. Especially parents who want to truly communicate the LOVE of God. It was revolutionary for our family. I kept saying out loud, "I need to listen to this again. Wow."

What other book might you compare Grace-Based Parenting to and why?

Mission of Motherhood is similar, and Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids

What about Tim Kimmel’s performance did you like?

Passionate, direct, didn't distract from the content

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

YES! And I DID! On a road trip.

Any additional comments?

Are you a parent? LISTEN TO THIS BOOK IMMEDIATELY. I am not kidding. You will be so glad you did!!

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Debbie Erwin

27/02/15

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"abridged version is good"

hoping that the author records an unabridged version for busy parents. enjoyed the candid stories

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Rachael Hixon

10/01/18

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"Fantastic"

This book was wonderful! The exact way I’d like to parent, and it gave practical and thought provoking ways to implement grace based parenting! I always wanted to be heard and listened to as a kid/teenager/young adult and never was. This shares how to achieve that! And why you should establish Grace based parenting! I’ll be listening to, and reading this book over and over again to keep it fresh in my mind.

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roxana kiely

13/09/17

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"Beat parenting book i listened to ever"

It gives me the relief of being able to parent the way i felt within me that the Lord was leading me with. With ha Grace

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Amazon Customer

05/09/17

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"Enlightening, inspiring"

This calls us to a higher vision of parenthood. I wish that I read it sooner.

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Thomas Jones

30/08/17

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"Insightful & convicting"

This book was both insightful & convicting. Combining wisdom & humor, Kimmel presents a "different" type of parenting that we should all be striving for in our relationships with our children.

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